Asset Building Coalition Resource Center

Free online tools for e-filing tax returns

www.irs.gov  Look for 2007 Free Tax File

www.icanefile.org  Online e-filing for people with income less than $50,000.

www.cbpp  Use the search box to find “EITC estimator”  which links to a simple calculator of your potential Earned Income Tax Credit refund.

http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/2006EITC/2006EITC.shtml Tools for employers to support Earned Income Tax Credit outreach

http://www.ncif.org/links.php?mainid=6&id=56 links to foundations and organization working on EITC outreach and policy.

Volunteer Training

http://www.irs.gov/app/vita/sitemap.jsp So you want to volunteer as a tax preparer!  The IRS can train and certify you online through this link.

Consumer information

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/thriftyliving/fs-ce.html Thrifty living fact sheets:  News you can use

www.dfi.wa.gov Information from the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, including consumer education, protections, how to make a complaint.

www.annualcreditreport.com The REAL place to request a copy of your credit report.

http://www.keystomyhome.org/ Neighborworks America’s “Keys to My Home”, for information about buying a home for the first time.

http://www.choosetosave.org/calculators/ Lots of calculators to help you make smart buying and saving decisions.

http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=736 ACORN’s site with predatory lending information

Learn to Handle Your Money

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/index.php Practical money skills and free teaching materials

For Scholars, Academics, and Social Scientists:

http://iasp.brandeis.edu/pubs/pubs.html  The Institute on Assets and Social Policy